updated 02:20 pm EDT, Mon May 16, 2011

Elgato intros HDHomeRun Wi-Fi dual TV-to-PC tuner

Elgato gave its North American audience an option of whole-home TV media streaming on Monday. The HDHomeRun carries twin HD TV tuners and will share two simultaneous over-the-air or cable TV signals to Macs and Windows PCs over the local network. It talks to the network over Ethernet but can properly stream over a good Wi-Fi signal.

The black box comes bundled with the latest version of EyeTV to give Mac owners DVR-like functionality. Elgato also allows Mac owners to stream to an iOS user but leans only on Windows Media Center for Windows 7 owners.

Elgato stinks

I made the mistake of buying one of their products before. Complete garbage and completely un Mac-like interface. My Windows XP Media Center ran circles around it. On top of it, they wanted $ to continue the TV Guide subscription beyond a year, more $ to program it from an iPhone, etc. etc. etc.

Old one

I also like the old one, because you can connect your antenna to one input, and Clear QAM to the other. Can't do that anymore. I'm thinking this new release will make the old versions price skyrocket in the aftermarket.